Word: voiding
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...Red’s prolific goal-production unit stalled shortly after halftime, leaving a void that Harvard was quick to fill...
...Line Pilots Association, were vehemently opposed to a Lorenzo takeover. They feared that he would once again resort to a tactic he had used after Texas Air won a battle for control of Continental Airlines. In 1983 Lorenzo took Continental into bankruptcy proceedings, which enabled the company to void union contracts and slash employee salaries. That maneuver earned Lorenzo a reputation as a union buster...
...fact, international relief funds sent to Mexico after the disaster appear to have been well administered. U.S. officials report that some $4.7 million in assistance from Washington has been accounted for, although one Western diplomat claims that some privately donated material seems to have disappeared "into the void." Nonetheless, Janet Rogozinski, the American coordinator for $20 million to $30 million in private U.S. disaster aid to Mexico, says that the money is "going where it's supposed...
...Inhabitants of the Eternal City, which has absorbed so much history, apply the metaphor when governments fall or jobs are lost or a bus breaks down. And indeed, as we have witnessed today and over the past two weeks, the Roman Catholic Church remains quite adept at filling a void even as large as the loss of John Paul II. Replacing an absolute monarch without the benefit of bloodlines is no mean task. Taking an ancient religious rite of passage and turning it into a two-week-long worldwide broadcast spectacle, with the only glitch a few minutes of gray...
Honing Dawson’s receiving skills will again be a priority this off-season, but more pressing is Murphy’s desire to integrate Dawson into the special teams unit, where he will likely fill the sizeable void left by departing wide receiver Brian Edwards. Edwards fielded 29 punts for 348 yards and three touchdowns in his final year and, as a mid-season addition to the kick-return unit, ran back 12 kickoffs for 321 yards and the corps’ lone score...